New York sources reported that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi figures among the 10 most powerful people in the world in US
magazine Forbes’ 2018 list that is topped by Chinese President Xi Jinping,
while Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian
businessman to feature in the list of 75.

Accordingly
Modi, who is ranked 9th and Ambani at 32, are the only two Indians on the
Forbes World’s Most Powerful People list that was released. Forbes said
"There are nearly 7.5 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 75 men and
women make the world turn. Forbes’ annual ranking of The World’s Most Powerful
People identifies one person out of every 100 million whose actions mean the
most".

Meanwhile
according to Forbes, to compile the list it considered hundreds of candidates
worldwide, from various walks of life, and measured their power along four
dimensions of whether the person has power over lots of people, financial
resources controlled by each person, whether the candidate is powerful in
multiple spheres and whether the candidates actively used their power.

Trump nominated Diane Gujarati to Federal judgeship
Washington sources reported that US President Donald Trump nominated Diane Gujarati, a prosecutor of Indian descent, to a federal judgeship on Thursday in an unusual move as she had been former President Barack Obama’s choice for the position.